frigophobia ?

[BikingBrian]

Someone did something correct in the design of your cabin.  No broken pipes is pretty amazing.

That is pretty amazing, especially since it is galvanized originally put in when the house was built 40 years ago.  I guess the pipe coming out of the ground and into the crawl space had enough bends in it to relieve the stress caused by the freezing.

[michael]

Yeah, I was very smug thinking we had escaped the burst pipe problems also.  Almost all of our pipes are under the house where the furnace is also.  It is always hotter than the tropics down there so I really didn't worry.  Well......yesterday I went under the house to put the last of the Christmas stuff away and I hear drip drip drip - Grrrrr.  Looks like CFord will be getting more business. 

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The scuttlebutt I am collecting is the hose bibs need to be wrapped with insulation and then covered with those inexpensive urethane foam covers.  I will try that next year.


Good luck.

[michael]

Someone did something correct in the design of your cabin.  No broken pipes is pretty amazing.

That is pretty amazing, especially since it is galvanized originally put in when the house was built 40 years ago.  I guess the pipe coming out of the ground and into the crawl space had enough bends in it to relieve the stress caused by the freezing.

That is even more amazing.  Galvanized pipe is ancient and should have failed.    Here's to your good fortune !

[Wrightwood]

[Wrightwood]